Fate of Lee Bible, The

DESCRIPTION: "I have traveled through life and I have seen many sights That filled me with sorrow and pain, But the saddest of all is a good man to fall...." Lee Bible races at Daytona Beach, with his wife looking on. Bible crashes as a cameraman photographed the race
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1950 (Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida)
KEYWORDS: death racing technology
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Mar 13, 1929 - Death of Lee Bible in a racing accident
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida, #51, "Lee Bible" (1 text, 1 tune)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia1, pp. 324-325, "The Death of Lee Bible" (1 text)
Roud #4144
NOTES [7 words]: This is item dG46 in Laws's Appendix II. - RBW
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File: CAFS1324

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